Adaption of microbial life to environmental extremes : novel research results and application /: novel research results and application. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Helga Stan-Lotter, Sergiu Fendrihan, editors.
• Editors: Stan-Lotter, Helga; Fendrihan, Sergiu
• Contents: Preface to the 2nd Edition ; Preface to the 1st Edition ; References; Contents; 1: Physicochemical Boundaries of Life; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Brief History of Life on Earth; 1.3 Prokaryotes, Eukaryotes, the Tree of Life, and Viruses; 1.4 Extreme Environments and Their Inhabitants; 1.4.1 Temperature Ranges of Microorganisms; 1.4.2 Low Water Activity: Halophiles, Osmophiles, and Xerophiles; 1.4.3 Extremes of pH and Low Nutrients; 1.4.4 High and Low Pressure; 1.4.5 Microgravity and Hypergravity; 1.4.6 Viruses; 1.4.7 Extremophilic Multicellular Organisms. 1.5 Microbial Survival of Extreme Conditions1.6 Life from Meteorites?; 1.7 Concluding Remarks; References; 2: An Updated View of the Microbial Diversity in Deep Hypersaline Anoxic Basins; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 DHABs of the Red Sea; 2.2.1 Localization and Geochemical Features of DHABs; 2.2.2 Microbial Diversity of Red Sea DHABs; 2.2.3 Thuwal Cold Seeps; 2.2.3.1 Localization, Origin, and Geochemical Features; 2.2.3.2 Microbial Diversity Associated to the Thuwal Seeps; 2.3 DHABs of the Mediterranean Sea; 2.3.1 Localization and Origin of DHABs; 2.3.2 Geochemical Features of DHABs. 2.3.3 Microbial Communities of the Newly Discovered DHABs in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea2.4 Microbial Diversity of Hypersaline Brines in the Gulf of Mexico; 2.5 Concluding Remarks; References; 3: Divergence of Species in the Geothermal Environment; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Geothermal Areas; 3.2.1 High- and Low-Temperature Fields; 3.2.2 Origins of Hot Spring Water; 3.2.3 Surface Characteristics of Geothermal Areas; 3.3 Ecology of Thermophiles; 3.3.1 Temperature; 3.3.2 pH; 3.3.3 Energy Sources as Selective Pressures; 3.4 Biogeography of Thermophiles; 3.4.1 Dispersal of Thermophiles. 3.4.1.1 Dispersal Capabilities of Thermophiles3.4.1.2 Chemical and Biological Barriers; 3.4.1.3 Historical Barriers: Time; 3.4.2 Biogeography of Thermus; 3.4.3 Ecological Adaptations of Thermus; References; 4: Bacterial Adaptation to Hot and Dry Deserts; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Characteristics of Hot and Dry Deserts with Emphasis on the Sahara; 4.3 Bacterial Mechanisms for Desiccation Tolerance; 4.4 Counting and Describing Bacterial populations in Desert Environments; 4.5 Ramlibacter and Its Life Cycle; 4.6 Deinococcus, Protein Protection, and DNA Repair; References. 5: Extremophiles in Antarctica: Life at Low Temperatures5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Environmental Extremes Associated with the Antarctic; 5.3 Extreme Environments that Also Occur Within the Antarctic; 5.4 Extreme Environments Particular to the Antarctic; 5.5 Key Antarctic Extremophiles; 5.6 Biodiversity; 5.7 Methodology; 5.8 Adaptations; 5.8.1 Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis; 5.8.2 Methanococcoides burtonii; 5.8.3 Methanogenium frigidum; 5.9 Discussion and Future Perspectives; References; 6: Desert Cyanobacteria: Potential for Space and Earth Applications; 6.1 Introduction.
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 342 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 578.75/8; Life sciences; Extreme environments -- Microbiology; Adaptation (Biology); NATURE -- Animals -- Wildlife; SCIENCE -- Microscopes & Microscopy; Adaptation (Biology); Extreme environments -- Microbiology; Microbiological Phenomena; Adaptation, Physiological; Biodiversity; Environmental Microbiology; Life Sciences; Microbial Ecology; Microbiology; Biodiversity; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Microbiology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Microbiology (non-medical); Biodiversity; Microbial ecology; Microbiology; Biodiversity; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319483276; 3319483277
• Related ISBNs: 9783319483252; 3319483250
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 10, 2017).; Note: Print version record.
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